San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-11-28

UNI .hbN ipNf VI spoIif hul bit'iu loI
afflicted parents, brought me here There
many people and little work in Madrid +"
Curse the plcbcian for her impudence!
hope she will end her life some day in hgr be-
loved arena Take this gold 90 heal your
wounded pride!"
II will not sake your gold, but you have
poured the irst hatred into my heart that It
has ever held. You have given the first in
suit that has ever been offered me Were il in
my power to save your life; were il left me
70 snatch you from the most awful DEATH |
would not do IL. | would laugh TO see you
tortured into eternity
The horses dashed away, leaving a girls
angry countenance-a foreboding farewell
Roswelrs thoughts were skillfully steered to
the charms of bona Inez, who proposed visit
20 the royal picture gallery 10 feast on Velaz-
quez and Tintoretto, and the disagreeablo
moments were forgotten.
The arena again; dazzling preparations to-
day, for royalty will illuminate the CORY en-
pyrean. Tho usual clamor, flourish of trump
cts blasting music mingled with enthusiasm,
is re-echoed The Royal guards enter, an irlI-
posing escort, and the cry Los Reyes" pass
ing from mouth to mouth as the subjects rise
simultaneously, proclaims the crowned head
to be with them. The ducheSSa, Englishman
and bona lnez, accompanied by a brilliant
party, occupy their box. The latter has a
wager in rein-a wager prefaced by a boast
Of her conquest of the Englishmnn. She has
averred that in a perilous moment she will
induce him To go into the arena.
My lord, she murmurs, softly, they tell
me that you committed daring deeds in Eng
land; your reputation for bravery preceded
you here. believe you to be n resurrected
knight Of the Round Table for only weak
men exist these days-a race of exhausted
courage-whOse deeds only disgrace the fair
records their ancestors bcqueathed them"
Il have never eclipsed my contemporaries
Good OF bad acts always grow during jour
ney"
81 will test you now and see if rumor be
true. prize this fan; will you restore it to
its ownerI As she speaks she drops it lightly
into the Enclosure below.
my gallantry has never been doubted,
Dona lnez, but to jump into the arena when
the bull is about TO be freed would be an act
of madness The days of chivalry-days of
wild deeds for trivial motives-is over Make
a reasonable petition, | will grant it, Ask
me to risk my life, but IL so doing permit ms
to reap higher reward than fan"
ut is immaterial l merely wished to see
If your laurels were merited. / see they are
mott
IF it pleases you, Dona Inez, it is with
pleasure | recover your treasure"
With this a long leap takes him into the
ring below. There is a wild shout from the
spectators; tardy warning from the al
guazils who have just cleared the list; a cry
of help from the women; an endeavor on
the part of the men to assist fellow being
for at this moment the gates are opened and
the bull rushes madly about, shifting the
air, paving the ground and rushing toward
the one person III his power. There is no es-
cape-the walls are too high to scale; time
too limited, for the attack is already made,
and Roswell is unarmed. The din is deafen-
ing, the confusion depriving people of self
possession. Every one is helpless, for it is
hazardous TO venture to his aid But Fragosa
has not battled with these animals in vain
and sense of duty prompts her to try and
save the martyr. She has been victorious
all the time-why not once more, and another
torera is not near, and no one else could
strike the fatal blow. 1t is all done in a min
ute-the woman, then the sword, then Ros-
well appearing from time to time behind the
huge animal. Then the latter falls, there is
mass Of blood, the girl reels and is pros
trate also. Roswell is wounded, but not dis
abled; FragOsa! the surgeon says she cannot
live, and she is moved into an inner room,
out of sight of the struggle.
Il want to see the Englishman,n she says
family. II cannot live and wish to tell him
something"
Here l am" answers Roswell; make any
request you wish and swear to spend my
life in fulfilling it. CAM
LET me speak-my moments are short I
want to tell you that did net know was
saving your life. Iwould have let you die
had | known. | have not only saved your
life, my lord, but your soul, for that is black
and you were not ready to hand it to your
God for inspection have charge to leave
yOu-my child-will you take herr She is
fatherless. Ny afflicted parents and my child
depended upon me for sustenance-will you
provide for them"
Eyes, yes they will be cared for | will
make your parents independent will take
your child to my English home, educate her.
raise her as | would my own. The repara-
ton owe yOu will be paid her; the debt will
be Cancelled, and when | render my final &C.
count before the high tribunal | will not fear
to face YOU
MY mind is stepped in peace for the first
time; my life has been hard, but death has no
terror, for | expected it daily in this deadly
work. Do not forget your charge"
And lin the cleaning of that day Lord
Roswell took charge of his new inheritance a
changed man-changed for the better by two
women-one, pure pearl in rugged clay
the other, fair flower with deadly aspen
hidden in its petals; but the poison flung at
him by one was picked up by the other, who
lost her life by the act.-Virginia jerome in
Philadelphia Times.